Is this statement true or false . For subtraction , we add the Additive inverse of the integer that is being subtracted , to the other integer. Please explain in detail.

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True

as 2 +(-2) Additive inverse of 2 is -2 So that is true As we can see it is subtracting

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Another example

12 +( -24)

additive inverse of 24 is -24

here we adding the number with the additive inverse of other number .
this is the substraction process.

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